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A confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas
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Republican, Abraham Lincoln went against Democrat, Douglas and won to be the 16th president.
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South Carolina was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy. They were a source of troops for the Confederate army, and as the war progressed, also for the Union, as thousands of ex slaves joined the Union.
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Representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama to formally establish a unified government, which they named the Confederate Sates of America.
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Served as the only President of the Confederate States.
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It was Lincoln taking his oath of office for his first term as the 16th president.
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It is most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War.
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Union and Confederate armies clashed near the Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major battle of the American Civil War.
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First meeting in combat of ironclad warships, noted as the most naval battle of the Civil War.
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The battle began when the Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant, in southwestern Tennessee.
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Naval action forces seeking to capture the city during the Civil War.
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Proved to be the deciding battle in the Civil War campaign waged between Union and Confederate armies in northern Virginia.
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Halted the Confederate advance on Maryland for the purpose of gaining military supplies.
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President Lincoln freeing the slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control.
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Ulysses S. Grant's armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army.
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The most important engagement of the Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces, Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania
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Violet disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the Civil War.
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Was one of the first official black units in the US armed forces.
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Lincoln was speaking at the dedication of soldiers cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Submarine torpedoed the mighty USS Housecleaning in Charleston Harbor.
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First battle of Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the confederate army of northern Virginia.
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Union forces commanded by William T Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub. Defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B Hood.
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Lincoln gets re-elected.
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William T Sherman completes his march to the sea when he arrives in from of Savannah. Georiga.
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March northward through the Carolina's and Richmond
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Successful assault by the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher.
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Lincoln taking his oath for his second term.
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One of the last battles. It was the final engagement.
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John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln while he was watching a show.
